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Puget Sound, with comparative data for the same period during pre- 
vious years. Unsold stocks and prices of canned salmon also are 
reported monthly, with comparative data for the preceding year. 
Statistics further are obtained and published showing the landings of 
pilchard in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon, on a weekly 
basis. Plans to include similar data for California during the 1940 
season are now being made. 
Fresh-fish landings at Seattle during the 12-month period ending 
December 31, 1939, amounted to 47,250,000 pounds, valued at ap- 
proximately $3,225,000 to the fishermen. This represented a decrease 
of 3,750,000 pounds as compared with 1938, but a decrease of only 
$50,000 in value. The principal decreases during 1939 were noted in 
the receipts of chum, or fall salmon, at Seattle, which declined over 
344 million pounds, and halibut, which decreased approximately 1 
million pounds, as compared with 1938. 
During 1939 the Seattle office was operated and the daily report 
was issued under the general supervision of V. J. Samson, Fisheries 
Statistical and Marketing Agent, assisted by K. G. Nordquist, Junior 
Clerk. 
For further statistical data on the landings of fish at Seattle see 
pages 506 to 511 of this report. 
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 
The Fishery Market News Service was inaugurated in Jacksonville 
early in 1939. he daily report carries the commercial production of 
fishery products for the majority of the important producing areas in 
Florida; lists the outgoing shipments by motortruck, rail freight, and 
express; quotes New York receipts and prices for southern varieties of 
fish; and summarizes Boston landings and first sales prices. The cold- 
storage movements and holdings in a number of warehouses in the 
South Atlantic States are included weekly. <A detailed tabulation of 
the pack of shrimp produced under the supervision of the Seafood 
Inspection Service of the Food and Drug Administration also is in- 
corporated. The activities of the industry, as reported during the 
preceding week, are summarized, reviewed, and carried each Monday. 
Florida annually produces approximately 70 million pounds of food 
fish, about 40 percent of which is mullet. Spanish mackerel, red 
snapper, grouper, bluefish, kingfish, and spotted sea trout are other 
important marine varieties, while catfish and bullheads are the 
predominating fresh-water species. The annual shellfish production 
approximates 20 million pounds. Over one-half of this total consists of 
shrimp, and crabs make up the major portion of the balance. 
Food fish and shellfish are handled by 273 producer-wholesalers in 
97 localities. Of the total, 211 produce salt-water fish at 76 localities; 
10 producing 1,000,000 pounds or more yearly, 15 producing from 
500,000 to 1,000,000 pounds, and 186 producing less than 500,000 
pounds. Fresh-water fish are produced by 29 producers at 14 locali- 
ties, shucked oysters by 42 producers at 20 localities, raw shrimp by 
28 producers at 9 localities, crab meat by 24 producers at 18 localities, 
dry salt fish by 21 producers at 12 localities, sea crawfish by 18 pro- 
ducers at 4 localities, bay scallops by 13 producers at 9 localities, and 
spiny lobster meat by 3 producers at 2 localities. In addition, at a 
few localities, stone crabs, conchs, hard clams, green sea turtles, and 
